Prime Time Crime

TORONTO
- Toronto officer Heather McWilliam, who's been on leave
since early 2014, diagnosed with post-traumatic stress
disorder, says she was harassed and humiliated for years
by her supervising officers and punished for speaking out
about the alleged mistreatment. (Toronto
Star)

OTTAWA - Canada's top Mountie told the federal
government last spring the RCMP had 'moved beyond' internal issues of
harassment and bullying through 'concrete actions' that had fostered a
more respectful workplace, newly disclosed records show.(CP)

LONDON,
ON - A researcher from the University of Western Ontario,
herself a former police officer, has found that despite a
growing number of women joining police ranks, the
profession is still predominantly a man's world.(Toronto Star)

OTTAWA - RCMP
Commissioner Bob Paulson made the apology as he announced the settlement of two
class-action lawsuits stemming from the harassment allegations, some of
which date back to Sept 1974. He said the federal government has
earmarked $100M for payouts.(CP)MORE:
Harassment suit settlement

OTTAWA - Liberal Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale says his
government is committed to federal workplaces free of
harassment or sexual violence and will review cases of
women with claims against the RCMP.(CBC)

VANCOUVER - The
College of Psychologists of BC has dismissed an RCMP
complaint against an outspoken critic
of the force.
BC-based police psychologist Mike Webster was
blacklisted by the Mounties last summer amid allegations
he had no right to focus on systemic changes to the
force rather than individual treatment. (CBC)

VANCOUVER - The Criminal Justice
Branch said the single count was approved against Insp.
Tim Shields following an investigation into alleged sexual
misconduct dating between 2009 and 2010.Shields was heading the Strategic Communications
Unit of the E Division Headquarters in Vancouver at the
time.
(CTV)

VANCOUVER - The
association that represents Mounties says new federal
legislation will give RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson the
power to be "judge, jury and executioner" of officers
accused of wrongdoing. (CP)

OTTAWA - Public Safety
Minister Vic Toews has ordered the RCMP’s commissioner to go back to the
drawing board to rewrite an action plan to address damning findings of
gender bias in the force. In an unprecedented and sharply-worded letter
to Commissioner Bob Paulson, Toews expresses a deep frustration
over the extent of the problem and the RCMP’s evident failure to address
it in any meaningful way. (Toronto Star)

VANCOUVER - An RCMP
inspector is being accused of continuing harassment of
former corporal Catherine Galliford, even after the force
settled
her sexual harassment lawsuit, according to 2
complaints that have been filed about the
inspector's social media posts.Insp Janis Gray made the comments about Galliford
regarding a blog written by Leo Knight.(CBC)

VANCOUVER - In handing down the decision against
Staff Sgt. Travis Pearson
an RCMP disciplinary board said the penalty would have been more
severe if the investigating officer had charged him with abuse of
authority. (CBC)

PRINCE GEORGE
- In its response to a scathing report documenting allegations of sex
assault at the hands of police in BC's indigenous communities, the RCMP
says it's "impossible" to deal with the accusations unless the victims
are identified. (CTV)

POINT FREDERICK - Senior Canadian Armed Forces
commanders have ordered a complete review of the
Royal Military College of Canada following a number of
suspected suicides and allegations of sexual misconduct at
the prestigious institution in Kingston, ON.(CP)